Corruption
European Commission has recommended the opening of two clusters with Serbia
In the report, which will be presented tomorrow in Strasbourg, the Commission states the progress of Serbia in harmonizing with the EU criteria, especially in the field of taxation and energy policy.
Albania Journalist Union ‘Expected’ Public TV Director’s Arrest
Albania's Special Court on Monday confirmed the decision by the Special Prosecution Against Organized Crime and Corruption, SPAK, on Friday to arrest the former General Director of Albanian Radio National Television, RTSH, Thoma Gëllçi, for abuse of duty over a tender worth about 708,000 euros.
Albania Reopens Case Against Ex-Minister for Deadly Explosion
The Special Court of Appeals Against Corruption and Organised Crime ruled on Friday that the case against Fatmir Mediu, who was defence minister in 2008 when an ammunition dump explosion killed 26 people, should be reopened.
The blast happened while ammunition from the period of Communist rule in Albania was being dismantled.
The Street Price Of Cocaine in countries (infographic)
The UNODC report also contains some interesting data about cocaine pricing in Europe and the United States
‘Cash for Passports’: Montenegro Scraps Scheme after EU Warning
A controversial scheme selling Montenegrin citizenship to wealthy foreign investors is being canceled after the European Union warned that it could foster corruption and harm the country's progress towards membership of the bloc.
Fmr HealthMin Florian Bodog, prosecuted for abuse of office, intellectual forgery
Former Social-Democrat Health Minister Florian Bodog was indicted by prosecutors of the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) in a case in which he is accused of abuse of office and intellectual forgery, DNA reported on Monday.
Appeal to anti-graft watchdog to check PM’s contacts with lobbyists
Ljubljana – The opposition-controlled Commission for Oversight of Public Finances has asked the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption to check the records of Prime Minister Janez Janša’s contacts with lobbyists after a media reported that he had played golf on several occasions with the owner of a medical devices supplier.
Cracks are Emerging in Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic Consensus
A growing association of the 'Euro-Atlantic consensus' with elite corruption and Western pressure has created an opening for people to question it - and relations with the West as a whole.
Washington Monthly: Give Greece back the Olympics – Opinion
Holding the games in a different country every four years invites chaos, corruption, and redundant infrastructure
EC report on Romania: Improved perception of justice independence, yet human resource deficit remains a concern
In its second annual EU rule-of-law report released in Brussels on Tuesday, the European Commission looks at the independence and quality of Romania's judiciary, the fight against corruption, media pluralism and media freedom.